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wrongmindedness

wrongmindedness noun: the state or quality of being wrongminded; mistaken reasoning.

Noun

wrongmindedness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being wrongminded; mistaken reasoning
    • No doubt he thought he had critically exposed its wrongmindedness and destroyed its claims to acceptance as a serious or coherent theory of law.2013, Michael H. Hoffheimer, Justice Holmes and the Natural Law, →ISBN, page 13
  2. Corruption; the state or quality of being evil or wrongminded.
    • If someone attributes these miracles to Beelzebub's spirit, not through ignorance but through malice, his wrongmindedness is past hope.1988, Desiderius Erasmus, Erika Rummel, Paraphrase on Mark, →ISBN, page 54

Origin of wrongmindedness

From wrongminded + -ness.

Questions about wrongmindedness

What does wrongmindedness mean?
Wrongmindedness means the state or quality of being wrongminded; mistaken reasoning.
What part of speech is wrongmindedness?
Wrongmindedness is a noun.

Words near wrongmindedness in the dictionary

  1. wronglessly
  2. wrongly
  3. wrongmaking
  4. wrongminded
  5. wrongmindedly
  6. wrongmindedness
  7. wrongness
  8. wrongnesses
  9. wrongo
  10. wrongos
  11. wrongous

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